Best Of 2016 lists are slowly but surely starting to overtake the music blogosphere (spoiler: Frank Ocean tops them ALL), but you won't find any of those here at BitCandy. Come with us into 2017 with yet another edition of Top Indie Songs from TOBACCO, Tove Lo, Theophilus London and even more!

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BitCandy is here to help you stay sane this holiday season with the latest edition of Best Chill Songs. Forget Mariah Carey prancing around in an inappropriately tiny Santa outfit. All you'll want for Christmas this 2016 are the following tracks from Jai Wolf, Lyves, Cigarettes After Sex, REECE, Shy Girls, and more.

Brooklyn-based new artist Gigi Mead aka DAEVA describes herself as “local demon girl sings songs,” even though her track, Dream, sounds absolutely heavenly. The track opens with glittering electronics and her light and airy vocals that add even more shimmer to the calming dream-pop track.

Rudolph the rednose reindeer and Bing Crosby carols ain’t got nothing on this week’s hottest songs in Indie Pop. For all you scrooges and grinches the playlist below could not have come at a better time. Please enjoy to the max fresh tracks from new and old favorites including Billie EIlish, TOKiMONSTA, Leon Else, and more.

The curse of 2016 struck once again on November 7 when it was announced that Leonard Cohen had passed away at the age of 82. Mere weeks prior, Cohen had graced us with his fourteenth and final studio album, the beguiling You Want It Darker – the title track for which today receives an unlikely remix from German electronic veteran Paul Kalkbrenner.

Having recently got sexy with model and actress Suki Waterhouse in the video for Black Car, British singer-songwriter Leon Else returns today with another visual spectacular for his second single, Dance.

Mysterious Los Angeles based artist NVDES is here to bring us their infectious new single, Don’t Fvck Your Neighbor, and to remind us that replacing the letter U with a V really does make words look cooler.

The election of Donald J. Trump got you feeling some type of way? We here at BitCandy can TOTALLY relate, as can Damien Verrett – better known as the brainchild behind So Much Light – who returns today with Sit With It.

Best Of 2016 lists are slowly but surely starting to overtake the music blogosphere (spoiler: Frank Ocean tops them ALL), but you won't find any of those here at BitCandy. Come with us into 2017 with yet another edition of Top Indie Songs from TOBACCO, Tove Lo, Theophilus London and even more!

Los Angeles-based producer TOKiMONSTA has just been signed by our sister publishing company, Brill Building, and we cannot wait for her new album to drop in 2017. So while we wait for her and Beck to release their anticipated new albums, we’re super excited to share her awesome remix of his track, WOW.

Best Of 2016 lists are slowly but surely starting to overtake the music blogosphere (spoiler: Frank Ocean tops them ALL), but you won't find any of those here at BitCandy. Come with us into 2017 with yet another edition of Top Indie Songs from TOBACCO, Tove Lo, Theophilus London and even more!

OUR

CURATORS

BitCandy is here to help you stay sane this holiday season with the latest edition of Best Chill Songs. Forget Mariah Carey prancing around in an inappropriately tiny Santa outfit. All you'll want for Christmas this 2016 are the following tracks from Jai Wolf, Lyves, Cigarettes After Sex, REECE, Shy Girls, and more.

Brooklyn-based new artist Gigi Mead aka DAEVA describes herself as “local demon girl sings songs,” even though her track, Dream, sounds absolutely heavenly. The track opens with glittering electronics and her light and airy vocals that add even more shimmer to the calming dream-pop track.

Rudolph the rednose reindeer and Bing Crosby carols ain’t got nothing on this week’s hottest songs in Indie Pop. For all you scrooges and grinches the playlist below could not have come at a better time. Please enjoy to the max fresh tracks from new and old favorites including Billie EIlish, TOKiMONSTA, Leon Else, and more.

The curse of 2016 struck once again on November 7 when it was announced that Leonard Cohen had passed away at the age of 82. Mere weeks prior, Cohen had graced us with his fourteenth and final studio album, the beguiling You Want It Darker – the title track for which today receives an unlikely remix from German electronic veteran Paul Kalkbrenner.

Having recently got sexy with model and actress Suki Waterhouse in the video for Black Car, British singer-songwriter Leon Else returns today with another visual spectacular for his second single, Dance.

Mysterious Los Angeles based artist NVDES is here to bring us their infectious new single, Don’t Fvck Your Neighbor, and to remind us that replacing the letter U with a V really does make words look cooler.

The election of Donald J. Trump got you feeling some type of way? We here at BitCandy can TOTALLY relate, as can Damien Verrett – better known as the brainchild behind So Much Light – who returns today with Sit With It.

Best Of 2016 lists are slowly but surely starting to overtake the music blogosphere (spoiler: Frank Ocean tops them ALL), but you won't find any of those here at BitCandy. Come with us into 2017 with yet another edition of Top Indie Songs from TOBACCO, Tove Lo, Theophilus London and even more!

Los Angeles-based producer TOKiMONSTA has just been signed by our sister publishing company, Brill Building, and we cannot wait for her new album to drop in 2017. So while we wait for her and Beck to release their anticipated new albums, we’re super excited to share her awesome remix of his track, WOW.

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We're entering a dark and uncertain chapter in American history. For me to sit here typing about how much I love the new Yeo track almost feels offensively trivial. And yet you could argue that music is more vital and meaningful than ever. So onwards and upwards to that new Yeo track – and to the nine other examples of fearless art featured in this week's edition of Top Indie Songs.

This isn't the place to push a political agenda, but just remember to take off your headphones at some point tomorrow and make your voice heard. Okay, political rant over! Back to music being the important thing on the planet and to the Best Indie Songs of Week 45 from Jagwar Ma, George Maple, Nick Waterhouse, PIXIES, Cherry Glazerr and more.

When it all gets too much on Thursday, find a quiet place to slip on your headphones and give thanks for the following songs from The Flaming Lips, Milky Chance, Tom Odell, The xx, MØ and more for coming to your rescue.

We’ve been staring red eyed into our computers non stop only to find the best of what the indie pop music scene has to offer so that you lovelies stay up to date with the top 10 songs indie pop songs of the week and away from the fluff. So without further ado, let’s jump right into our playlist featuring DENM, gnash, Nick Hook, and more.

Best Of 2016 lists are slowly but surely starting to overtake the music blogosphere (spoiler: Frank Ocean tops them ALL), but you won't find any of those here at BitCandy. Come with us into 2017 with yet another edition of Top Indie Songs from TOBACCO, Tove Lo, Theophilus London and even more!